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180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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Robin infiltrates the Shogun's palace in order to collect valuable intelligence, but she's quickly spotted by Orochi's henchmen. Can she be ninja-like and make a stealthy escape? Meanwhile, after his painful defeat by Kaido, how will Luffy escape to excavation labor camp?!
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Shinobi mystery volume 6
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256 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo head up to Mount Koya, only to find themselves embroiled in yet another mystery, this time in a Shingon Buddhist temple atop one of Japan's most sacred peaks. November, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo travel to a Buddhist temple at the summit of Mount Koya, carrying a secret message for an Iga spy posing as a priest on the sacred mountain. When a snowstorm strikes...
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336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
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English
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"In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan."--Provided by publisher.
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Kozure ōkami volume 1-3
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706 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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Follows the adventures of Ogami Itto, a samurai framed and forced into exile with his infant son, as he pursues his quest for revenge against those who murdered his wife.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Suicide Squad member Katana's deadly adventures continue in her own solo graphic novel! To oppose the terrorist Kobra is to earn his un-dying hatred, and that's what the samurai Katana did when she killed his beloved Eve. Now Kobra stalks Katana beyond the bounds of the Earth itself, to a supernatural world where he will steal from her everything that she has--including her very soul! Hold on tight as Katana goes up against supernatural forces."--...
89) The last samurai
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2 videodiscs (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's...
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Tao the little samurai volume 4
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59 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Tao and his friends are super excited for the international martial arts championship! But trouble is close behind them. When two top students from Master Snow's school disappear, Tao is on the case. Can he solve the mystery, defeat a clan of nasty criminals, and find a legendary sword?
The students of Master Kerozen's dojo are excited about their trip to the International Martial Arts Championship, but upon arrival two of the best fighters in the...
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376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. She's bullied by the popular girls in school. Her parents ignore her. And she's also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Kyoto. But things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end. Not exactly skilled...
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677 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
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English
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This collection includes Usagi's first encounters with the Lord of Owls, Inspector Ishida, and more, and is highlighted by the Eisner Award-winning Grasscutter, a grand tale assembling nearly all the series' characters in a struggle over the grasscutting sword of Japanese legend, with the fate of the nation in the balance!
94) Sam Samurai
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85 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
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1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan . Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
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5 videodiscs (547 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shōgun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior.
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Flame in the mist volume 1
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392 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"After an attempt is made on her life, Mariko disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates a gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, determined to hunt down the person responsible"--
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2 videodiscs (approximately 186 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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日本語
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A young woman, trained from childhood as an assassin and hellbent on revenge for her father's murder and her mother's rape, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction. Rampant with inventive violence and spectacularly choreographed swordplay, the influential cult classic Lady Snowblood and set in late nineteenth century Japan, is a bloody, beautiful extravaganza composed of one elegant widescreen composition.
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